Combined bumper and fender for motor vehicles



' Sept. 4, 1923. 1,466,883

A; C. M CLOSKEY COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Aug. 15. 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTORNEYS.

A. C. MCCLOSKEY COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Sept. 4, 1923.

Filed Aug. 15 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet ATTORNEYS.

Septw 4, 1923.

A. C. M CLOSKEY COMBINED BUMPER AND FENDER FOR MOTOR VEHICLES Filed Aug. 15 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 ATTORNEYS mmm Patented Sept. 4, 1923. v

cairn-n erases time ALFRED c. MQCLOSKEY, or rnrr an Lenin,rnnrrsrnvenza,

N. BACQN, OE PHILADEL?HIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

coMBINEn BUMPER annrnivnnn rot: Moron Application filed August 15 To all whom it'may concern: r

Be it known thatI, Armani) C. MoCLosKnY, a citizen of the United States, residingin the city of Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combined Bumper and Fender for Motor Vehicles, of which the.

following is a specification.

' My present invention comprehends anove construction and arrangementof a combined bumper and fender for a motor vehicle.

supported when in either its set or-released position in order to overcome any tendency to rattle and to resiliently absorb and compensate for any shocks or stresses to which it is subjected. r i

It further comprehends a novel device of the character stated, wherein a .minimum angle'i's formed when the fender is. in its released position. i

It further comprehends a novel construction and arrangement of fender which when in position orreleased'produces'under. abnormal shock to the bumper, abraking ac-' tion on the front wheels, irrespective of the angle to which they have been turned.

It further comprehends a novel construction of a combined fender and bumper wherein the fender is preferably carried by the front axle and resiliently supported a crank connection. the release-of the fender being effected by the action of the bumper against the bearings of the crank, which latter are resiliently'supported, so that when they are moved off center from their locked position,the fender will be moved 'into its released position dueto gravity and its own weight, and locked in such position.

It further comprehends' novel means for cushioningthe fender when the bumper be' comes operative to release the fender.

It further comprehendsnovel meansfor rendering the bumper inoperative to effect th'erelease of the fender. e

Other novel features of construction and advantage will'hereinafter more clearly ap reliable results.

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pearin the detailed descriptioiizand the appended claims.

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purpose of illustratin'gsmy in- I hare sh w'n' -ni the accompanying."

5 j near assrenon Te rnnnnnro drawings an embodiment thereof which is at present preferred b'y'me, since such embo'di ment will give in practice satisfactory andj;

It is, however, to be Understood that the various instrumentalities'of which my invention consists can. be vari- I ously arranged and organlzed, and that. my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instr'u mentalities as hereln shown; and described Figural represents a top plan view of a combined. bumper-and fender. embodying-my conjunction with a motor invention, in vehicle.

Figure? represents a sectionion line 2-2? of Figure 1. r Figure 3 represents a sectiononline 343 of Figure 2...

F igure t represents a section substantially online 2i2 of Figure 1, showing more clearly. on an enlarged scale, certain features of'construction. r Figure 5 represents a section on line '5 5 of Figure 4. K 7 Figure 6 represents in sectional elevation a portion of my device in a position which it assumes during the releasing operationf andlts movement tof 1ts downward po'sitiorn.

Similar numerals'of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring tot-he drawings, a 1 design ates a motor Tehicle of any desired or conventional type, which is providcd' in the usual mannerwith a chassis 2,:towhich are connected the front springshi which carry the front axle 4.:

arrangement of fender,'which is formed by a substantially 'rectangularly iisortion'ti, to which are connected the cross latter shaped fender 5 designates my novel construction and;

end of each pair is a closure 9, each of which 1 Y is apertured as at :to receive a rod 11 which isplvotally connected at 12 to a bracket 13 which is secured to the frontQaxle V 4- by fasteningdevices 14; Each rod-l1 basses through an aperturcd guide 15,- see Figure 3, Y

7 channel bars which are connected by the cross members 18, which are ap'ertured to '20 in any desired manner.

16 designates a Washer fixed to its respective rod 11, and between. this washer and a guide is interposed a spring 17. the bars 8 are preferably in the form of structural metal bars, such as for example,

form guides for the tripping or releasing members 19, which at their forward ends are operatively connected with the bumper The bumper 2O isv also provided" with guide pins- 21 which bifurcated arms of its yoke 88 connected are guided in the fender,

Each tripping or. releasing'member 191s preferably in the form of a rod or bar, to

which is connected a: set collar 22, between which land one: of the gui'de members: 18', is

interposed a spring.- 23, the; tendency of which is to inaintainthe bumper in its forwarder normal-position.

The bars :8 are: provided with bearings 24-, in: which isj'ournalled a crank: shaft 25 having pair of cranlr arms 26' which carry thebearings27 to' which areconnected their respective plunger. rods 28, each of which has its upper. end threaded to receive" the plunger head 291wh-ichis secured in its adjusted: position by Each plunger head 31,-thetbore of which is closed at its? lower end by means of a closure 32 secured in pomean's of the nuts 30:

sit-ion by means of fastening devices 33.

The upper end of the bar of the casing 31 1SPI'OV1ClEClW1tl1 a closure 3% which lesscured in position by means of fastening de vices A: springt36 isinterposedbetween the closure 3d and the plunger'head 29, and in asimilar'manner a spring 37 is interposed between the plunger head 29 and the lower closure32. 7

Each casing 31 1S pivotally carried by the such spring is also connected with its respec tive bracket 39, so that the tendency of the spring; is to retain the casing 31 against its stop; 14. I

The crankshaft 25 has'secured to it the pulleys t'? around which passes the cable 48-, seezFigures 1 and 2, said cablespassing'also around the pulleys 49 mountedon a shaft 50 pivotally journalled on. the chassis 2; One of the pulleys 49 carries the "pin: 51'

29 is guided in its casing against which bears aplunger 52 which extends into a position accessibleto the foot 8 of: the operator, and a set collar- 53 is provided to limit the downward movement of the plunger 52, which latter serves as a controlling fender. The fender is reset by the operator by means of an arm 54:- pivotally connected at 55 to one of the pulleys 49, and having a foot piece 56 which extends into a position accessible to the foot of the operator of the motor vehicle.

The rear wall'of the fender is curved as member for the releasing of the indicatedat 5.7 to form (a braking surfacey or shoe, see Figure 1, in order that when the bumper is subjected: to an abnormal shock it will have a braking action onthe front wheels irrespective, of the position to which the front wheels have been: turned; The fender: at its forward-end is preferably provided with a shoe 58-, which inclinesdownwardlyr and. rearwardly, and enablesthe fender; to ride over. obstructions which extend above the" normal grade of the road bed.

Inbrderr to" prevent an: object picked up by the fender passing beyond it, L preferably employ. at the rear of the fender a' bumper 59, supported in any desired manner and as illustrated by thercasings I: employ means to render the bumper: in operative to releaserthefender, and in Under to illustrateia practical form of such means, I have shown the guides 18: nearest the crank, as slotted as indicated at 60 anda movably mounted member 61: is provided to lOO' move the: tripping members 19 out ofthe path of the bearings- 27 and crank arms5 26 so that the rearward moveme-nt of the bumper will. be ineffective: at such times: to release the'fender. H

The -members 61: are'loperatively connectedby means of a cable 62 with an operating member 63 in: the term, as shown, of-aa spring pressed foot pedalunder the control ofthe driver of the motor-vehicle.-

The'operation of: my novelcombine'dt fen? den and bumper Wllh now 'beapparent to those skilled inthe-a'nt-to which this-invention appertains and is as follows:

lVhemthe fender is in itsraisedzp'ositiom. as seen in full l-ines in Figure 2,,the pa-rtsr are locked in their raised position, sinceth'ecranlr arms- 26 are slightly off center and the I springs 46 areret/aini'ng their casings arm their. neutral p'ositiom. Assuming now that. the bumper 20- comes-i into. contact with a foreign object, such as for example pedestrian or another motor Vll'lfilfigvt lle bumper 20 will be movedrearward-ly, thereby causing? the rearward: movement of thetripping and releasing: members-1:9; As these: trip-- ping members 19 contactiwith thebearings 27, it-will be apparent: that the reanward movementof: such members; 19* will; move.

tires on the front wheels.

rearwardly the bearings 27 offthe center, "so.

that the fender will be releasedland will drop intothe position seen in dotted lines in Figure 2, thereby exertinga downward pull on the plunger rods 28, andzthe plunger ted lines in Figure 2. into the position seenin full. lines insaid figure:

the plunger 52, thereby rotating the crank shaft 25 into a'position to effect the release of the fender, as is evident.

When the fender is in dropped position, it is resiliently supported by'the springs 8'7, so-that the requisite elasticityor resili ency is provided to parts if street obstructions are" contacted with. The shock due to the bumper 20 contact ing with a foreign object is compensated for by the springs 17 and 22.

The casings 31 are returned totheir normal position against their stops 44 when the fender is raised. V

While I have shown in the drawings a plurality of tripping members actuated'by the crank to effect the release of the fender from its raised position, it will of course be apparent that one of these'can be omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

I have "preferred to illustrate a plurality of resilient supports for the crank arms, but it will be apparent that. one of these may be dispensed with, if desired. 7

It will be apparent that under abnormal ShOCks. the fender is permitted move rearwardly until the brake portion 57 comes into contact with the wheels to effect a braking action thereon, so that a thrust will be imparted through the fender to the wheels.

If the bumper is subjected to anabnormal shock, the fender can move 'rearwardly' against the action of the springs 17 and the braking portions 57 will contact With the Springs 36 resist the upward movement of the fender and springs 37 its downward movement.

In the normal operation of the automatic release of the fender or of the manual release or resetting of the fender, these brakingportions 57 do not come into contact with the wheel due to the action of the springs 17.

In some cases. it isadvantageous to provide means to render the bumper inoper- The bumper is returned tender, the operator'presses down on the arm 54, thereprevent injury to thewhen the fender bodily toative at desired times to'effect the release:

of the fender. If the pedal as is actuated to exert a pull on the cable 62, themember: 61 moves the inner ends of the tripping member 19- into their. inoperative position.

It will now *be apparent that I have devised a novel anduseful combined bumper and; fender formotor :vehicles whichembodie thefeatures o-f'advantage enumerated and when the pedal 63 is locked bythe lock-Q ,ing mechanism 6e 'therbumper willi-be inef fective to cause the release ofthe fender. 1-

as'desirable in the statement. of. the inven tion and the above description, and while 1' v 5 have, inthepresent instance, shown1and de- If' the operator atany timedesires tore-. lease thefender, he presses with his foot on scribed a preferred embodiment thereof thisgeinbodimentis susceptible "of modifica-- tion in. various particulars without departing from the spirit orscope'ofthe-.inventionor'sa'crificing anyof its advantages;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secureiby Let ters-Patent, 1s

A deviceof the character stated; comprising a fender: movably supported at one end,a bumper carried by said fender, a crank shaft carried by said fender and having its crank arms extending downwardly whenthe fender is in raised position, a" resilient support for said crank 'shaft,and

-- tr pping means controlled by said bumper to actuatesaid crank shaft to effect the release of said fender.

2."A device of the character stated, coInprising a fender movably supported at one 1 end, a bumper carried by said fender, a crank shaft carried-bysaid fender and having its crank arms extending downwardly is in raised po'sitionfa resilient support for said crank shaft, ping, means controlled by said bumperto actuate said crank shaft to effect the release of said fender, and means to effect the re setting of said fender.

trip- 3. A device of the character stated, com-g prising a fender movably supported at one end, a bumper carried by said fender, a crank shaft carried by said fender and'having its crank arms extending downwardly when the fender is in raised position, a resilient support forsaid crank shaft, tripping means controlled by said bumper to actuate said crank shaft to effect the release of said fender, means independent of said bumper to actuate said crank shaft to effect the release of said fender.

4. A device of the character stated, comprising a fender movably supported at one end, a bumper carried by said fender, a crank shaft carried by said fender and having its crank arms extending downwardly when the fender is in raised position, a resilient support for said crank shaft, trip- V in means actuate said crank shaft to. effect the release of said: fender,.means independent of said? bumpen to actuate said crank shaft to 'effectthe release of said tender, and means to efiect' the resettingiot said fender.

5. A device of the character stated, comdrisin a fender movabl sun ortedat one said fender, a

end, b 'imp'cr' carried by v crank shaft. carried by said tender and having its; crank arms extendlngdownwardly when .the fender is'in raised position, a

resilient support for. said crank shaft, trippingineans controlled by said bumper to actuate said crank shaft to effectthe release of said fender, and-resilient means-to return the bumper to its normal position.

witlirespect to said fender,

6; A device of the charact'er stated, comprising a fender. movably supported at one" end, a bumper carried by said tender, a

crank shaft carried'by said fender'and havingi'it's crank arms extending downwardly when the fender is in" raised position,- a

resilient support for said crankshaft, trip pingmeans' controlled by said. bumper to actuate said crank shaft to effect the release controlled byflsaid bumper: t

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of said; fender, and; means to cushion said fender when 1 said: bumper is actuated.

'7. Thecombination with a HltOIFVQhlClG axle, of a tender movably carried by said axle, a bumper'on sald fender, a crank shaft 'connected'with said fender and having its crank arms extending downwardly when the fender ls 1n ralsed positlon, a resilient support mavablymounted and operatively connected with said crank shaft, and atrip controlled' by said bumper to actuate said, crank shaft to effect the release of said itsl-front and rear, a bumper'operative when struck to. release said: independentisupports ing means, and means to render said bumper inopera-tive to'efiect the release of said independent resillent supporting means.

ALFRED o. MQGLOSKEY.

Witnesses H. S. FAIRBANKS, C. D. MOVAY. 

